# You're on a READ poster;What book are you holding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399 "2008-03-31T16:50:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/21 "2008-03-31T18:39:25Z")
The Norton Anthology of Short Stories. Failing that, Flowers for Algernon or Catch-22. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/22 "2008-03-31T19:04:17Z")
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (although a Prayer for Owen Meany was a contender, but rats, it was taken by Antigen). ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/23 "2008-03-31T19:09:40Z")
The Dollmaker by Harriett Arnow ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/24 "2008-03-31T19:10:37Z")
_To Serve Man_ by Damon Knight 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/25 "2008-03-31T19:31:14Z")
For Whom The Bell Tolls ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/26 "2008-03-31T19:36:32Z")
Josephine Tey’s [The Daughter of Time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time). ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/27 "2008-03-31T19:40:55Z")
Munro Leaf’s _Gordon the Goat_. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/28 "2008-03-31T20:18:08Z")
Something by Vonnegut, I think. ---
**Author:** ![ACC\_Expat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@ACC\_Expat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ACC_Expat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/29 "2008-03-31T20:19:42Z")
Henry Adams’s _Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres_ (great question!) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/30 "2008-03-31T20:20:21Z")
The God Dellusion. Or perhaps the His Dark Materials Box set. ---
**Author:** ![Hellestal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/31 "2008-03-31T20:34:10Z")
An upside-down book. Don’t care which. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/32 "2008-03-31T20:42:25Z")
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy One of the most purely FUN books I’ve ever read, interspersed with some interesting concepts. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/33 "2008-03-31T20:44:56Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] Something by Vonnegut, I think. [/QUOTE] God bless you, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/34 "2008-03-31T20:47:53Z")
_Crash_ by J.G. Ballard ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/35 "2008-03-31T20:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=pinkfreud] God bless you, sir. [/QUOTE] HA! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/36 "2008-03-31T21:00:05Z")
How about _The Assault on Reason_, by Al Gore. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/37 "2008-03-31T21:38:14Z")
_Story of O_. It’s very important to warp young minds. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/38 "2008-03-31T22:09:21Z")
Definitely _Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy_. Or _The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay_. Or Alton Brown’s _I’m Just Here For the Food_. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/39 "2008-03-31T22:51:38Z")
I didn’t specify. [http://www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?\_sn=catalog&\_pn=product\_detail&\_op=2510](http://www.alastore.ala.org/SiteSolution.taf?_sn=catalog&_pn=product_detail&_op=2510) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-on-a-read-poster-what-book-are-you-holding/443399/40 "2008-03-31T22:56:54Z")
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